Bilateral macular sub-retinal fluid and retinal pigment epithelial detachment associated with type 2 membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 476-479

  Awan, Muhammad Amer ^a,b,c   Grierson, David J ^a   Walker, S ^b  

^a HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glomerulonephritis; Macula; Retinal pigment epithelial detachment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA LUTEA;

ADULT; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 49549100259     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2008.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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